Balanced swinging gate



(No Model.)

J. W. PIERS.

BALANCED SWINGING GATE.

No. 404,270. Patented May 28, 1889.

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JAMES IV. FIERS, OF

PATENT OFFIC RED KEY, INDIANA.

BALANCED SWINGING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,270, dated May 28, 1889.

Application filed March 18, 1889.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES W. FIERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Red Key, in the county of Jay and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Balanced Swinging Gates; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front elevation of my gate. Fig. 2 is a top View, partly in section. Figs. 3, I, and 5 are detail views.

This invention has relation to swinging gates; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of devices, all as herein after set forth, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a rectangular post, and B a smaller post placed at a short distance from one of the inner corners of the main post A and in the diagonal vertical plane of the latter, so that an interval, 0, will be left between the corner (6 of the main post and the inner corner of the smaller post, B.

D represents the swinging gate, which works in the interval C between the main post A and the subsidiary post B, said gate consisting of the front bar, E, and the heavy rear bar, F, the horizontal rails G, and the intermediate bracing-bar, H, which is secured to said rails. The middle rail, G, is provided with an extension, 6, beyond the front bar, E, and is provided with an elongated opening, I), which is enlarged at its rear end, its front end being narrowed to engage the neck of a catch-stud, c, on the gate-post K. There are several of these studs 0 arranged in series one above another in the post K, so that catches are afforded for the gate at different heights to meet its adjustment. The upper end of the -mainpostAis connected to the upper end of the subsidiary post B by means of a short bridge-piece or cap, I, under which a hook or loop, J, is provided, said hook or loop being secured to the ngle of the main post, so that Serial No. 303,705. (No model.)

it projects diagonally toward the smaller post, B.

A brace-lever, L, is pivoted to one of the lower horizontal rails, G, near the rear bar, F, of the gate, said lever being nearly as long as the gate and having at its front end a handle, m and a headed stud, s, which projects from the side of said lever opposite to the handle. This headed stud has its neck as long as the thickness of the rails ?r, so that it can be easily engaged with the lower edge of any one of the rails and readily detached therefrom for engagement with any other rail when such readjustment is desired.

A wire connection, Z, extends from the hook or loop J to the front 0; of the brace-lever L, about one-fourth the distance from the pivoted end of said lever to its free end. When the gate is disconnected from the catch 0 of the gate-post, it hangs by this wire, and is counterbalanced by the heavy rear bar, F. By adjusting the brace-lever in engagement with one of the upper rails the gate is lowered, and when said brace-lever is adjusted in connection with one of the lower rails the gate is raised, the height of the gate being determined by the position of the rail to which the stud of the lever-brace is connected. Nevertheless, whatever be the adjustment, the gate is free to swing back or forth and can be turned upon the angle of the main post A at right angles to its position when closed.

The catches a of the gate-post K are arranged in vertical series at different heights to correspond with different positions of the gate when adjusted by means of the bracelever. WVhen the gate is raised to its highest position by the engagement of the end of the brace-lever with its lowest horizontal rail, it can be fastened by moving it toward the gatepost, so that its catch-slot will pass over the head of the highest catch-stud, 0. Then the backward fall of the gate due to the oblique position of the suspending-wire when the gate is pushed forward will cause the narrow portion of the catch-slot to engage the neck of the catch-stud c.

To unfasten the gate, it should be pushed forward or toward the gate-post K a little, after which it can be swung away therefrom.

Having described this invention, what I L, having the headed stud 5' adapted to engage any one of said rails, and the suspending-wire Z, connecting the brace-lever to the hook or loop of the main post, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES XV. FIERS.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN V. REDKEY, CARY C. AYRES. 

